Streaks Showing Rings for Exercise Hey everyone, this is Jill from the Northwoods. If you listen to me here or on my podcast, you know I love productivity. I love productivity books and applications. I also like habit tracking. A lot of times, when I fail at my habits it tends to be because I […]
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Dumb Question + Tiny Tip – Mike Price on Why “Hey Lady” May Not Be Working
Mike Price here with a combo Dumb Question Corner/Tiny Tip because apparently, that’s a thing now! Question: How come “Hey ” refuses to work on my iPhone !!?? Background: For the past week or so, I re-realized that “Hey ” on my iPhone12 ProMAX would not work no matter what I tried. It would work […]
Continue readingCSUN ATC 2022: Hable Assistant to Your Smartphone
Allison interviews Freek van Welsenis from Hable about their smartphone assistant designed for people who are blind or visually impaired. The Hable device pairs with your smartphone and is about the size of a thick smartphone. Hable has six buttons laid out in a braille 3×2 format as well as two function buttons on either […]
Continue readingCSUN ATC 2022: Bonocle Braille Mouse
Allison interviews Abedlrazek Aly, Co-founder and CEO of Bonocle, about their interactive mouse designed for people with visual impairment. The Bonocle mouse has one braille cell, three select buttons, and haptic feedback to help the user learn braille while having fun. Bonocle connects to a smart device and provides access to a library of apps […]
Continue readingiOS 15 – These are a Few of My Favorite Things
When Lory Gil was on Chit Chat Across the Pond after Apple announcements, she always said that she loved the new operating systems even more than the new gadgets because they makes old devices feel new. This year you get to play with iOS 15 whether you have a new iPhone or not. iOS 15 […]
Continue readingiCatcher! – A Podcatcher with More Control by Jill from the Northwoods
iCatcher Player Hi, this is Jill from the Northwoods. I wanted to do a review for the podcast app that I use to listen to all the podcasts. If you haven’t heard, I’m quite the addict when it comes to podcasts. I subscribed to about 144 podcasts. I keep my eye on another 177 podcasts […]
Continue readingTiny Tip – How to Name Photos on iOS/iPadOS
View → Metadata to See Titles In September I talked to you about how I organize my photos (https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2020/09/scanned-photos-organization/) and how I apply this detailed and fastidious organization even when bringing in scanned photos. One thing I didn’t tell you is that I also name a lot of my photos. I do this because I […]
Continue readingTiny Tip – How to Use Your iPhone or iPad as a Viewer for Negatives
My neighbor Rick just taught me an awesome trick. His wife is scanning in photos and also has a lot of negatives to sort through. As Billy Bob Thornton said in Bad Santa, “They can’t all be winners”, so she wants to find just the really good negatives to be scanned. The problem is that […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 30 August 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Pennsylvania has announced plans to release an Apple/Google-based COVID app in September — www.imore.com/… Which U.S. states are using Apple’s Exposure Notification API for COVID-19 contact tracing? 9to5mac.com/… 🇦🇺 Australia’s non-Google/Apple COVID app […]
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